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Birdy
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 Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:50 pm Bird flu strain found in Turkey |
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| Quote: | Bird flu strain found in Turkey
Thursday, October 13, 2005; Posted: 12:55 p.m. EDT (16:55 GMT)
(CNN) -- The European Commission said Thursday that the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed in Turkish poultry and probably is present in Romania.
If confirmed in Romania, it would be the first instance of the deadly strain known to have reached Europe, and would bolster the theory that it may be spread by migrating birds.
H5N1 in its current form does not easily infect humans, but officials fear it may mutate into a more easily transmissible strain, resulting in a global pandemic.
In a written statement, the EU said the presence of the H5 virus in Romania was confirmed Wednesday night, but it was not clear whether it was the deadly N1 strain, which has infected 117 people in Asia, proving fatal in 60.
An EU laboratory determined Thursday morning that the avian influenza virus found in Turkey "is H5N1 closely related to a virus detected in a wild bird in central Asia a few months ago."
An EU health official in Brussels said laboratory work on the Romanian case would be completed Friday.
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 This is so close! Omg! It's in Europe! I live in Holland so... It's pretty scary imo. It travelled all the way from China or that area to here... So weird.
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One of the many wonderful benefits of globalization!!
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